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UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

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Re: UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

#21
Maybe someone here can help me remember. I had a PalmOS app that I loved, back in the day, and I can't remember what it was called. It was a shareware clock app, with hand-drawn time that animated from one numeral to the next. I used to use it as an alarm clock, in my Sony Clie dock, by my bed. Would love to see it again.

Re: UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

#22
Every time I go to reach for rough.js I get a bit uncomfortable when I read this:

> Some of the core algorithms were adapted from handy processing lib.

handy is LGPLv3, but rough.js is MIT. This line makes me think parts of rough.js are actually LGPLv3, as those parts are derivative works.

In practice this is unlikely to negatively impact me but I'm not super pleased by the uncertainty.

Re: UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

#25

Reminds me of Balsamiq, which was the rage about 10 years ago.

Yes, was about to say the same, then saw your comment.

IIRC, Peldi, Balsamiq founder, had blogged about it at the time. I like it too. Also reminds me vaguely of the Comic Sans font, which was the rage even earlier.

Re: UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

#27

Every time I go to reach for rough.js I get a bit uncomfortable when I read this: > Some of the core algorithms were adapted from handy processing lib. handy is LGPLv3, but rough.js is MIT. This line makes me think parts of rough.js are actually LGPLv3, as those parts are derivative works. In practice this is unlikely to negatively impact me but I'm not super pleased by the uncertainty.

Algorithms can't be copyrighted (though code can be), so this really depends on what level of copying is implied by the word "adapted".

Re: UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

#29

Maybe someone here can help me remember. I had a PalmOS app that I loved, back in the day, and I can't remember what it was called. It was a shareware clock app, with hand-drawn time that animated from one numeral to the next. I used to use it as an alarm clock, in my Sony Clie dock, by my bed. Would love to see it again.

ChatGPT thinks it was called 'TimeDraw' :)

Re: UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

#30

Every time I go to reach for rough.js I get a bit uncomfortable when I read this: > Some of the core algorithms were adapted from handy processing lib. handy is LGPLv3, but rough.js is MIT. This line makes me think parts of rough.js are actually LGPLv3, as those parts are derivative works. In practice this is unlikely to negatively impact me but I'm not super pleased by the uncertainty.

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